|
Product
|
Gallons per barrel
|
|
gasoline
|
19.5
|
|
distillate fuel oil
(Includes both home heating oil and diesel fuel)
|
9.2
|
|
kerosene-type jet fuel
|
4.1
|
|
residual fuel oil
(Heavy oils used as fuels in industry, marine transportation and for electric power generation)
|
2.3
|
|
liquefied refinery gasses
|
1.9
|
|
still gas
|
1.9
|
|
coke
|
1.8
|
|
asphalt and road oil
|
1.3
|
|
petrochemical feedstocks
|
1.2
|
|
lubricants
|
0.5
|
|
kerosene
|
0.2
|
|
other
|
0.3
|
Figures are based on 1995 average yields for U.S. refineries. One barrel contains 42 gallons of crude oil. The total volume of products made is 2.2 gallons greater than the original 42 gallons of crude oil. This represents “processing gain.”
About the CSB
Accident at Silver Eagle Refinery
Anatomy of a Disaster
Blast Wave in Danvers
Combustible Dust
Dangers of Flammable Gas Accumulation
Dangers of Hot Work
Death in the Oilfield
Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar
Emergency in Apex
Emergency Preparedness
Ethylene Oxide Explosion at Sterigenics
Explosion at Formosa Plastics
Explosion at T2 Laboratories
Explosion at the CITGO Corpus Christi Refinery
Fire from Ice
Half An Hour to Tragedy
Hazards of Nitrogen Asphyxiation
Preventing Harm from NaHS
Public Worker Safety
Reactive Hazards
The Danger of Oil Sites
The Danger of Oil Well Sites
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CCHEST
CCOHS
DOL
DOT
IADC
MMS
MSHA
NIOSH
OHS
OSHA
RIGZONE
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